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. 2014 Jan 28;9(1):e87338. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087338

Table 2. Medication errors monitoring indicators disaggregated by age and sex of the patients; values in parenthesis are percentages.

Indicators Sex Frequency (%) Total, N (%)
<15 Years ≥15 Years
Number of patients' visit to the pharmacy for medication pick-up during the observation period. Male 5410 (4.9) 31819 (28.9) 37229 (33.8)
Female 5428 (4.9) 67413 (61.2) 72841 (66.2)
Total 10838 (9.8) 99232 (90.2) 110070 (100.0)
Number of patients who visited the pharmacy for medication pick-up and were screened for medication error during the observation period* Male 5410 (4.9) 31819 (28.9) 37229 (33.8)
Female 5428 (4.9) 67413 (61.2) 72841 (66.2)
Total 10838 (9.8) 99232 (90.2) 110070 (100.0)
Number of patients who were screened and documented to have medication error(s) during the observation period. Male 129 (3.5) 1137 (30.6) 1266 (34.1)
Female 117 (3.1) 2332 (62.8) 2449 (65.9)
Total 246 (6.6) 3469 (93.4) 3715 (100.0)
Number of patients who were provided medication error(s) interventions during the observation period. Male 76 (2.1) 1133 (31.8) 1209 (33.9)
Female 77 (2.2) 2278 (63.9) 2355 (66.1)
Total 153 (4.3) 3411 (95.7) 3564 (100.0)
Indicators Sex Percentage Total (%)
<15 Years ≥15 Years
Percentage of patients who had medication error(s) and were provided interventions during the observation period. Male 58.9 99.6 95.5
Female 65.8 97.7 96.2
Total 62.2 98.3 95.9
Indicators Sex Incidence rate (per 100 person-years)
<15 Years ≥15 Years Total
Incidence rates of medication errors per 100 person-years disaggregated by age and sex. Male 28.6 42.9 40.8
Female 25.9 41.5 40.3
Total 27.2 42.0 40.5
*

Some patients had repeated screening for medication error at every medication refill visits.